Management of Innovation - process and creativity
Case study - 15 pages - Business strategy
We use the word 'Innovation' a lot currently. In reports, in all the internal communications, in the Union speeches, in the advertising campaigns, in politics, this word is up-to-date in every business and every organization. In this way, a companies which do not put in place innovative...
Case study: New Frontiers - publié le 18/04/2008
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
G rowth of the budget of households for leisure and travels, increase in the free time of employees, retirement of the “Baby-Boomers” who want to travel more, general decrease in the air transportation prices… The European tourism market takes advantages from a structural positive...
An Irish firm in the Chinese Market - publié le 13/04/2008
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
Enterprise Ireland, positioned in the cosmetics field, is willing to enter an international market. With 15% of annual growth in the global market, China becomes more and more attractive for businesses all around the world. In Europe, the attractiveness is intensified by the amount of trade...
Financial analysis and management of international groups: Schneider vs Square D - publié le 11/04/2008
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The electrical equipment industry, which generates revenues from construction and maintenance, is closely related to the economic conditions. This sector is characterized by the globalization of markets, the concentration of firms, the standardization of products and increasing costs of...
Strategy analysis: KFC
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC is an American fast food chain founded in 1939 by Harland D. Sanders. Firstly, we examine the sharp rise of the KFC corporation between 1964 and 1986. Sanders had sold his own business for 2 million dollars in 1964, and, 22 years later, PepsiCo, a multinational firm,...
The customer relationship management method in the company "Propriétés Privées"
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
I currently work in a real-estate agency in Nantes. This agency is called Propriétés Privées and I am in charge of the international marketing and communication of the company. I have been working for this company for 2 reasons. First of all, Propriétés Privées is a real-estate agency, and I have...
Why Microsoft bought Facebook?
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
In this essay, we will try to find out why Microsoft bought the social website Facebook, spending $240 million. First, by defining and over viewing the current activities of Microsoft, this linked diversification can seem to be strategic nonsense and we can think that it would hardly fit into the...
Study of establishment of Caroll in China
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
Caroll has been a subsidiary of Vivarte Group since 1988. It has a lot of experience in its domain and is now, undoubtedly, one of the ready-to-wear sector's greatest success stories. The brand has been recognized and appreciated by a great many women for over 40 years, and is particularly...
The war on talent: Korn/Ferry International in China
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
With $452 million in global fee revenue, 474 consultants worldwide, 70 offices globally, and 4.4 million candidates in its database, Korn/Ferry has been successful due to the high quality, process and speed at which its consultants have placed candidates. In 1978, Korn/Ferry International...
Vicinity Smartcards
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Vicinity smartcards are defined by the ISO 15693 standard, which also define the Radio Frequency Identification. This standard points out that these smartcards have to function at a frequency of 13,56 MHz. The Smart Card Handbook (Rankl and Effing, 1997) tells us that most of the smartcards are...
Organizational development final assignment Merger and Acquisitions
Case study - 15 pages - Business strategy
In this assignment, we will study eight different mergers that will help us understand them in the economic and financial context of the companies that are merging. For each merger, we will have to answer the following questions: Did historical results justify the deal? Was the merger...
Intercultural management cultural and strategic plan for setting up a subsidiary in China
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
In this document, we analyze the various risks and challenges that arise while conducting a business in a foreign country. In fact, a company which wants to integrate a foreign market is confronted with a lot of difficulties. As each country has a different culture, history, values, evolution and...
Strategic management : Credit Agricole - publié le 05/03/2008
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
As an international player in the worldwide banking market, the Crédit Agricole is one of the best French corporations in the sector. Set up in more than 60 different countries, the company also needs to be very reactive and cannot allow itself to stagnate in its growth. Thus, it will be very...
Organization development
Case study - 24 pages - Business strategy
During the year 2006, around 28,000 mergers and takeovers have been registered. It is 9,000 more than in 2003, and reflects well the fact that to keep growing, companies need sometimes an external support. This phenomena concern all private and public companies, and is a major strategic point in...
Considering India's reputation as an ideal country for outsourcing, what are the strategic rationales for business outsourcing ?
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
There is a recent, but very strong tendency for companies to focus on what they do best, their core business. This follows a previous tendency of vertical and horizontal integration that has led big companies to acquire skills and capabilities distant from their area of specialisation. Sometimes,...
Strategic Marketing - Caroll
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
The fashion industry is not only one of the most profitable in the world, but also one of the most competitive. With globalization, clothing multinationals such as Nike, Gap, Zara and H&M have already conquered the world, and made this business global and standardized. Following this...
Total, a successful long-term strategy
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Total is today the fourth largest oil and gas company in the world. This Paris-based firm is the largest European company (based on market capitalization in 2006), it has over 95 000 employees in more than 130 countries and a net income of € 12.5 billion in 2006. Its businesses cover the...
Google, Yahoo and DoubleClick (2006)
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Due to the extension of Google activities on on-line advertisement, the net profit of the company, almost doubled in the year 2005. The first world search engine declared a 733,4 million USD net profit at the end of December 2005. Last year (in 2005), Google had gathered in 381,2 millions in the...
SAP: installation, advantages and disadvantages (2005)
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
SAP is the worldwide leader in integrated software companies. It was created in 1972 by 5 ex-executives of IBM. SAP's turn over was 8,5 million in 2005, and continues to raise. Net income is 1,5 billion. In the ERP market, SAP has 12 million users, and more than 100,000 licences set up. The...
Nissan
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The name NISSAN Motor Co. appeared for the first time in 1934 from a company called Jidosha-Seizo Kabushiki-Kaisha, a combination of several automotive ventures and the Brand DATSUN. Nissan was the pioneer of the development of new automobile technology in the 1970s. It knew a very fast growth...
British Petroleum Case
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
BP is one of the principal leaders of the European and the International oil market since the beginning of the year 1990. However, the group Britannic knows, a descent in its activity recently, and seeks to give again a new dash in its activity. We will examine in stages, the progression that...
Peru Hotel: A multiple level negotiation or how to fight for $1.5 per night
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
This story happened this summer. We were seven people, working as relief workers in Peru for a period of two months. We had been in Peru for 10 days. After arriving in Lima, we went to Huancayo, the first city where we studied different projects to invest money in. After one week, we travelled to...
Buying cakes and sodas for a party in an orphanage in Cambodia with a very limited budget
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
In November 2006, I went to Cambodia for 2 months as a volunteer for a French NGO called ASPECA Enfants d'Asie. I spent more than one month in one orphan center in Battambang in the north west of Cambodia, not far from the border with Thailand. My principal mission was to conduct an audit of the...
Lego reconstruit
Case study - 46 pages - Business strategy
Since 1949, the LEGO Group has manufactured over 400 billion plastic bricks, tiny tires, mini-figures, and other inter-compatible play pieces, making it the world's fifth-largest toy manufacturer, and the largest in Europe. From 1932 to 2001, LEGO group achieved remarkable successes,...
Vattenfall Nordic Heat: Strategy and control
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
Vattenfall is the fourth largest generator of electricity and the largest generator of heat in Europe. The company has more than 32 000 employees and is active in all stages of the electricity value chain: generation, transmission, distribution and sales. Operations are carried out in Sweden,...
Study of Renault's strategy
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
Renault is a famous car-constructor. It was created in 1899 by the brothers Renault and was considered one of France's flourishing industry throughout the XXth century. But now the firm has adapted itself to a new global and more complex environment. This adapting process was no simple...
Etude du cas Google
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Aujourd'hui, Google est plus considéré comme un outil quotidien utile que comme une grosse entreprise mondiale. En moins de dix ans, les résultats et profits de Google n'ont cessé d'augmenter, pour atteindre 8 milliards de dollars en 2005, et le prix de l'action a été multiplié par six depuis...
Coca Cola ads since its creation (period 1938-1952)
Case study - 13 pages - Business strategy
Nowadays, Coca-Cola company is still a dream. This 1889's company, worldwide, well-know, survived and moreover it is still developing its products to increase of course its markets shares and its sales. Coca-Cola is a model for entrepreneurship because for its capacity to survive, to be worldwide...
Starbucks
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The purpose of this memo is to study Starbucks' strategy. Firstly, the business is analyzed to understand what kind of company Starbucks is, then the PESTEL analysis is implemented to figure out the environment of the market. After establishing a general overview of the internal and external...
Stem Task Report: Added Value/Value Selling
Case study - 15 pages - Business strategy
Visiting the showroom of a large printer and copier manufacturer, an attentive observer realizes that, although every copier has the same name tag on it, the design and the material used differ between products. This could be considered odd, as the products have the same colors and the...
